Symbiosis Islands

A symbiosis island is a genomic island that confers upon the bacterium carrying it the ability to form a mutualistic relationship with a eukaryotic host. The symbiosis island of Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A is a 501.8-kb chromosomally integrated element that is able to excise and transfer by conjug...

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Main Authors: Ronson, C., Hynes, M., Ramsay, Joshua, Sullivan, J.
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Elsevier 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24143